Lord Cregan Stark agreed to support Rhaenyra Targaryen during the Dance of the Dragons with the Pact of Ice and Fire.[1] Cregan delayed giving aid, however,[2] and by the time he led his army south King Aegon II Targaryen had been poisoned and Lord Corlys Velaryon had already send out ravens sueing for peace, preventing Cregan from punishing the lords who had supported Aegon II. While court awaited the replies, Cregan held sway and arrested all those involved in Aegon II's death, cowing young King Aegon III Targaryen into naming him Hand of the King. Cregan served only a single day in that office, a time known as the Hour of the Wolf, and held trials for twenty-one out of twenty-two of his prisoners. The only one spared a trial was Lord Corlys; King Aegon III pardonned him and restored his titles to him, and Cregan agreed to allow it when Aly Blackwood offered him her hand in marriage. Cregan returned north the next day.[3]

A Dance with Dragons

Stannis offers once more to make Jon the Lord of Winterfell, but Jon refuses, insisting that Winterfell belongs to his sister, Sansa Stark. Stannis considers granting Winterfell to Arnolf Karstark instead.[18]